- 3-G Home Video
- 10th Ave. Video
- 4 Play Video
- Academy Entertainment
- Action International Pictures
- Active Home Video
- AdultX
- AIX Media Group
- Allied Artists Video
- Alpha Video Classics
- American Home Video
- Amvest Video
- Anheuser-Busch Theme Parks Video
- Arman Julian Productions
- Astronics Tele-Cine Ltd.
- Axon Video
- Barr Entertainment
- BC Video
- Best Film & Video Corp.
- Big Top Video
- Bingo Video, Inc.
- Brentwood Communications
- Bullfrog Films
- BWE Video
- Caballero Home Video
- Caesar's Video
- Cal Vista Video (Some countries)
- Camp Video
- Children's Learning Video
- ChoiceMark Corp.
- Cindy V Video
- Cinema Home Video
- Cinescope Enterprises/Panorama International
- Classic Family Entertainment
- Cobra Media
- Coliseum Video
- Crown Movie Classics
- Dave Hood Entertainment
- Dead Alive Productions
- Diamond Entertainment Corporation
- DIC Home Entertainment
- Digiview Entertainment
- Disc Plaza Entertainment
- Dollar Entertainment
- Dreamland Home Video
- E Realbiz
- Edde Entertainment
- Elite Entertainment
- Ergo Home Video
- Essex Video
- Evil Angel Video
- Fat Dog Productions
- Films Incorporated
- Film Threat Video
- First Look Home Entertainment
- First Run Video
- Fotomat Video
- Front Row Entertainment, Inc.
- Genesis Home Video
- Golden Dragon Cambodian Video (Some countries)
- Gospel Films Video
- Gourmet Video Collection
- Guthy-Renker
- Happy Face Home Video
- Harmony Vision
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- HIS Video
- Hollywood Video Library
- Hosca Home Video Productions
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- Jane Fonda Workout
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- Kodak Video
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- KVC Home Video
- L.A. Hero
- LatinAmerica Films & Video
- Lumivision
- MPI Home Video
- MTI Home Video
- Maier Communications, Inc.
- Malibu Video
- Mark V International
- Master Arts Video
- Minolta Audio-Visual (Some countries)
- Monarch Home Video
- Morgan Creek DVD
- Morris Video
- Muther Video
- National Geographic Video
- New Horizons Home Video
- New Star Entertainment
- NFL Films Video Library
- North American Releasing
- NuTech Digital
- Omega Entertainment
- Pacific Arts
- Palisades Home Video
- Parade Video
- Paragon Video Productions
- Parents Approved Video
- Passion Productions
- Passport International Productions, Inc.
- PC Treasures
- Penthouse Video
- Pentrex
- Pioneer Special Interests
- Planet Video
- Playboy Home Video
- Player Home Entertainment
- PorchLight Home Entertainment
- Premiere Video
- Prism Entertainment
- Producers' Video Inc.
- Quality Video, Inc.
- Quality X Video
- Questar Home Video
- RCA SelectaVision
- RNJ Corporation
- Raedon Home Video
- Rainbow Home Video
- Reader's Digest Home Entertainment (Some countries)
- Right Stuf Inc.
- Shapiro Glickenhaus Home Video (Some countries)
- Shokus Video
- SISU Home Entertainment
- Slingshot Entertainment
- Soft Touch Video
- Something Weird Video
- SouthGate Entertainment
- Standard Video
- Star Anime Enterprises
- Starling Films
- Sterling Entertainment Group
- Super Video Inc.
- TGA Video
- TGG Direct
- Tidewater Productions
- Travelview International
- Troma Team Video
- Twin Tower Entertainment
- UVI Video Productions
- Valentine Video
- Valley of the Sun Video
- VCI Entertainment
- VCX
- Velocity Home Entertainment
- Ventura Distribution
- Victor King Video
- VIDCO - The Video Company
- Video-X-Pix
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- York Entertainment
- Young Generation Video
Lorimar Home Video
James Fabiano, Sean Beard, and Matt A.}
Captures by
Eric S., Dean Stewart Rumsey, and others
Editions by
Mr. Logo Lord and Nathan B.
Video captures courtesy of
czar7474, logoman7881, and Logocompilation
Background
Before television production company Lorimar purchased video distributor Karl Home Video in 1984 and relaunched the company as Karl-Lorimar Home Video (later known as Lorimar Home Video), the company's previous features were issued first by USA Home Video, CBS Video (through MGM/CBS) and later CBS/Fox, who retained the home video rights to the pre-1984 library until Lorimar-Telepictures was acquired by Warner Bros. in 1989. Following that, Lorimar Home Video was folded into Warner Home Video. As Karl Home Video, the company was started in 1982 by Stuart Karl (1953-1991). Karl later resigned from the company due to disputes with his superiors and the Karl name was ultimately dropped; he died in 1991 from skin cancer.
1st Logo (1982-1986)
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Karl Home Video
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Karl-Lorimar Home Video
Logo:
- 1982-Late 1985 (Karl Home Video): We see parts of the bottom of a giant "K" slide up from the bottom of the screen, and the top half (in whole) flip up afterward. After, the K glows orange and gains a much thicker outline. The end result looks similar to the logo of Kartes Video Communications.
- Late 1985-1986 (Karl-Lorimar Home Video): Same as before, except the logo zooms out after it glows orange, and the words "KARL-LORIMAR" (in the Lorimar font) and "H O M E---V I D E O" in a rounded font slide in. The color is also lighter.
Technique: Early computer effects.
Music/Sounds: An upbeat disco fanfare, "Winning Momentum" by Craig Palmer from Network Music, but the logo is usually silent.
Availability: Depends on the variant.
- The original Karl variant is extremely rare. It can be found on VHS releases of Money Hunt and the first releases in the Jane Fonda's Workout series, among others. Some original Karl releases were released by Karl-Lorimar in their original Karl-only packaging.
- The Karl-Lorimar variant is pretty rare but easier to come across. It can be seen on later Jane Fonda's Workout releases and Americathon. Like Karl, though, Karl-Lorimar releases may be reprinted in the original box but instead use the WHV "Cheesy Shield" logo with the Warner Communications byline followed by the second variant of the next logo, like the 1988 VHS reprint of The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (that still used the 1985 box).
2nd Logo (1986-1989)
Logo:
- 1986-1987 (Karl-Lorimar Home Video): A multi-colored line of yellow/orange/red/blue sweeps onto a black background. It straightens out, and sets itself down at the bottom of the screen. Then a whole mess of gray dust collects and converges above the "HOME VIDEO" bar, forming the "KARL-LORIMAR" logo. Then, to give it a shiny look, little stars sparkle at the letter's edges in time with the "ding... ding... ding..." fade-out of the music.
- 1987-1989 (Lorimar Home Video): Same as before, but instead the text above the bar reads "LORIMAR" (and is larger to fit the width of the bar and does not have a 3D look to it) with a TM mark next to it.
Technique: 3D CGI animation.
Music/Sounds: A synth sweep brings in the bar, and after the dust forms the logo a 4-note synth melody (similar to the Viacom "V of Doom" music) plays. The music closes with a "ding... ding... ding..." fade-out. A silent variant exists as well.
Availability: Rare, but easier to find than the last logo. Can be seen on videos such as several Jane Fonda workout tapes, Blue Velvet, Clifford's Sing Along Adventure, Manhunter, Maximum Overdrive, Housekeeper, Scream for Help, Max Headroom: The Original Story, American Anthem, Return of the Living Dead Part II, Russkies, Trick or Treat, End of the Line, Nowhere to Hide, Big Shots, In the Mood, Made in Heaven, The Chipmunk Adventure, King Kong Lives, Crimes of the Heart, Prettykill, Nobody's Fool, Action Jackson, My Beautiful Laundrette, Warren Miller's Guide to Skiing, and Insignificance, among others. It has also been seen on a early 1990's Warner Home Video VHS reissue of Americathon instead of the 1985-99 Warner Home Video logo. The silent variant can be found on some Kideo Video releases. The Lorimar Home Video variant also showed up on a later reprint of The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, preceded by the WHV "Cheesy Shield" logo with Warner Communications byline.
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